Gramsci and Educational Thought

Through a series of writings from international scholars,
Gramsci and Educational Thought pays tribute to the
educational influence of Antonio Gramsci, considered one of the
greatest social thinkers and political theorists of the 20th
century.

Represents sound social theory and a broad application and
reinvention of Gramsci’s ideas

Covers important areas such as language and education,
community education, and social work education

7. Towards a Political Theory of Social Work and
Education (Translated by Florian Sichling with editing by
Peter Mayo, Uwe Hirschfeld, Protestant University of Applied
Science in Social Work, Dresden).

Peter Mayo is Professor of Adult Education and Sociology of Education and Head, Department of Education Studies, Faculty of Education, University of Malta. He is the author of several books, including Gramsci, Freire and Adult Education (1999) and Liberating Praxis: Paulo Freire’s Legacy for Radical Education and Politics, which won a 2005 AESA Critics Choice Award.

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